Susan Merson began her career as an actress on and off Broadway, in television and film. Co-founding the LA Writers Bloc in 1985 with award-winning writer Jane Anderson, she has mentored writers through the Bloc and through her private and university classes in Playwriting, Life Stories, Writing as a Spiritual Practice and the popular VOICING Series for in-depth exploration since then. Her short fiction has been featured in The Jew in America, Nice Jewish Girls (Penguin), The Worcester Review, the Chicken Soup series and several other online platforms. As a playwright, her award-winning plays have been performed internationally, including her 8 solo plays featured and used as examples in Your Name Here: An Actor Writers Guide to Solo Performance. (Amazon). Long-form fiction available on Amazon is her award-winning blog, When They Go and You Do Not and her first novel Dreaming in Daylight. She is a tarot reader and counselor, a maker of quilts, clothing and whimsy (SASQUILTZ). Susan is a humble mother and a proud resident of New York City. www.susanmerson.com
